LOT 2891
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 344-340 BC.
Warrior, nude but for helmet, standing facing behind bridled horse to left, holding spear and shield with right hand and resting left on horse's back; |- to right / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding trident in extended right hand, and shield in left; TAPAΣ behind, A over waves below. Vlasto 516-18; HN Italy 889; SNG ANS 693. Near Very Fine.(7.13gr, 22mm, 10h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Dynasts of Lykia, Tenegure AR Stater. Circa 460-420 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Winged and horned monster, with curved wings, jumping to left / Triskeles clockwise with branches ending in griffin's (or snake's) head; to right, dynast symbol, to left, TEN↑[...]; all within circular dotted border within incuse circle. Traité II -; cf. BMC 84 (placement of dynastic symbol); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. -. 8.47gr, 23mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Rare dynast.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Karia, Halikarnassos AR Hekte. Circa 500-495 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Head of Ketos to right, with gaping mouth / Incuse geometric pattern with incuse circle at centre. Ashton & Konuk 22-31; HNO 214 (temporary); SNG von Aulock 2341-2; SNG Kayhan 813-5. 1.52gr, 12mm
Good Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Boeotia, Thebes AR Quarter Stater or Hemidrachm. Circa 458-456 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Struck after the battle of Oenophyta 457 BC. Aeginetic Standard. Volute krater decorated with parallel circle lines, Ǝ-Θ flanking / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the most references; for a similar specimen see Traité III, p.220, 205 / pl.CXCIX, 1 (diobol). 3.09gr, 14mm
Very Fine. Toned. The only known issue of this short period of Theban coinage and possibly unique.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
This very special coin struck during the short period after the end of the Persian Wars (478 BC) and up to the Battle of Oenophyta (457 BC), when after the conflict between the Thebans and the Athenians, the latter managed to regain control of Boeotia and Phocis. This was the period of transition of Theban coinage from the early period, when the multiple variations of the incuse on the reverse were replaced by the krater depiction, characteristic for all the denominations. Abandoned is the local use of the initial Theta ⴲ in its classical form ϴ. The only known similar example of Traité depicts a krater with the leaf of an ivy, a symbol of Dionysian worship, hanging from its left handle. Its incuse in the form of a swastika reminds those of the archaic coinage of Corinth and probably dates earlier than our example.
